I don't know too much about baseball. . . .

[xiphias]

. . . but when the radio color commentators start discussing the strategy involved in how you deploy the extra police officers and security guards, that CAN'T be a good sign.

"Now the riot police are being deployed along the first base line and. . ."

Comments

[cheshyre]

I ran to the TV and watched the second call to see what happened. [I've mostly been following the game on the radio with MLB.com's Gameday window]
Why can't/don't they play the closeup on the big Diamondvision screen so everybody in the stadium can see what just happened?]

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Why can't/don't they play the closeup on the big Diamondvision screen so everybody in the stadium can see what just happened?

I understand why they don't do it as a general rule - if the umpire made the wrong call, showing the replay and getting 55,000 fans worked into a lather of righteous fury could be downright dangerous. And if the call was very close (as it often is), it would just increase the contentiousness. Usually it's best to move on.

But in both of these specific instances, I think it would have been helpful to show the slow motion replay in the stadium. I think that even a hardcore Yankees fan would have to admit, "Okay, yeah, damn it, that was a home run," and "Okay, that's not just random arm-pumping while he's running."

[goljerp]

Well, in these cases, where the umps made the right ruling, it would be good. But what about those cases where the umps make a ruling which isn't backed up by instant replay -- in other words, the (objectively) wrong ruling? Or where the instant replay is inconclusive? Their rulings are supposed to be based on what the umps see, not on the instant replay.